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The Match Color filter is new in ON1 Photo RAW 2025 and makes mimicking the look of other photos a one-click operation. This filter analyzes the color palette in any reference photo and color grades your image to match. It’s the perfect filter to copy a look from another photo or to align colors across images for smoother composites.
Using Match Color is simple. Select a reference photo that has the color palette you want to mimic. The reference photo can be one of the built-in styles, another layer, or any photo on your computer. Match Color analyzes the colors in the reference and applies a complex color grading to your image to match the look. You can refine the look using the Color, Luminosity, Contrast, and Saturation sliders in the filter.
Watch the video tutorial in this article for a full description of the controls and to see Match Color in action.
A portrait before using Match Color
Match Color applies the pastel tones from a beach scene to the portrait
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